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National Workshop on LIS Teacher and the Digital Future at the Central Library of IIT Madras
by Harish Chandra 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

Dear Moderators, We would be obliged if you kindly consider to post the information about the forthcoming National Workshop on LIS Teacher and the Digital Future jointly Organised by the Central Library of IIT Madras and IATLIS during 17th to 19th January, 2007. Eminent experts from IIT Madras and other institutions will deliever lectures followed by demonstrations, labs, site visits. The proposed contents of the workshop is Digital Technology Adaptability & Affordability, Future LIS Teacher as Cyber Teacher, Manuscript Conservation, E-Publishing in Cutting Edge Technologies, Technology Implications in LIS Teaching, Change Management in Libraries, Designing of Web based Courses Digital Repositories, Digital Asset Management, Information Literacy, Library Systems and Procedures Manual, ICT Implementation in Libraries, Portals and Web Communities, Technical Communication, Intellectual Property Rights, Web-Resources & Services, Networking Infrastructure, Marketing and Research Methods, Quality Indicators in LIS Teaching, Institute- Industries Interaction and Peer to Peer Networking for LIS Teaching. Objectives of Workshop · To provide a forum to the LIS Teachers, Research Scholars, Librarians and Academic Administrators to discuss or present their views on the recent developments and advances in ICT and its implementation in LIS Teaching and Library Services · To create awareness and understanding about the importance of introducing and executing information technology in LIS teaching to achieve academic excellence. · To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the world class Information Technology Infrastructure and other facilities available on IIT Madras Campus · To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the implementation of RFID Technology, Smart Cards, ISO-9001:2000, Contact less Smart Card enabled Access Control, Digital Knowledge Center, Media Resource Center, Children's Library Corner, Web based Library and Information Support Services and other facilities / services Target Audience: Maximum (36) Registration First Come First Served basis LIS TEACHERS (30), Full Time LIS Research Scholars (2) Librarians and Academic Administrators (4) Brochure of the Workshop can be downloaded http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/docs/IATLISWorkshop.doc or write to Dr. Harish Chandra Workshop Director and Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036 Phone:91 044 22574951 (O) Mobile: 09444404951 e-mail:hchandra@iitm.ac.in Dear Moderators, We would be obliged if you kindly consider to post the information about the forthcoming National Workshop on LIS Teacher and the Digital Future jointly Organised by the Central Library of IIT Madras and IATLIS during 17th to 19th January, 2007. Eminent experts from IIT Madras and other institutions will deliever lectures followed by demonstrations, labs, site visits. The proposed contents of the workshop is Digital Technology Adaptability & Affordability, Future LIS Teacher as Cyber Teacher, Manuscript Conservation, E-Publishing in Cutting Edge Technologies, Technology Implications in LIS Teaching, Change Management in Libraries, Designing of Web based Courses Digital Repositories, Digital Asset Management, Information Literacy, Library Systems and Procedures Manual, ICT Implementation in Libraries, Portals and Web Communities, Technical Communication, Intellectual Property Rights, Web-Resources & Services, N etworking Infrastructure, Marketing and Research Methods, Quality Indicators in LIS Teaching, Institute- Industries Interaction and Peer to Peer Networking for LIS Teaching. Objectives of Workshop · To provide a forum to the LIS Teachers, Research Scholars, Librarians and Academic Administrators to discuss or present their views on the recent developments and advances in ICT and its implementation in LIS Teaching and Library Services · To create awareness and understanding about the importance of introducing and executing information technology in LIS teaching to achieve academic excellence. · To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the world class Information Technology Infrastructure and other facilities available on IIT Madras Campus · To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the implementation of RFID Technology, Smart Cards, ISO-9001:2000, Contact less Smart Card enabled Access Control, Digital Knowledge Center, Media Resource Center, Children’s Library Corner, Web based Library and Information Support Services and other facilities / services Target Audience : Maximum (36) Registration First Come First Served basis LIS TEACHERS (30), Full Time LIS Research Scholars (2) Librarians and Academic Administrators (4) Brochure of the Workshop can be downloaded http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/docs/IATLISWorkshop.doc http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/docs/IATLISWorkshop.doc or write to Dr. Harish Chandra Workshop Director and Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036 Phone:91 044 22574951 (O) Mobile: 09444404951 e-mail:hchandra@iitm.ac.in

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EMPI Digital Library National Convention - 2007
by PARSAI KAMAL L. 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

Dear Professionals, It gives me immense pleasure to share with you our B-School Groups decade old library building efforts which have culminated in it being re-christened as EMPI Knowledge & Learning Resource Centre and identified as one of the best B-School Library in Delhi and NCR. Currently, in order to share our experience and further buildup on our effort, our Knowledge & Learning Resource Centre , Central Library, EMPI Business School, New Delhi has taken the initiatives to organize a National Convention on developing a Roadmap for Modernization of Library and Information Centres in the emerging Knowledge Era on 19 th -20 th March, 2007 at EMPI Business School and India International Centre, New Delhi. EMPI Knowledge & Learning Resource Centre invites Researchers, Information Professionals, Librarians, Business Leaders and Academics to join us for two days EMPI Digital Library National Convention - 2007 ( EMPI DLNC - 2007 ). The conference is going to be held at New Delhi . For more information on EMPI DLNC 2007 and EMPI Knowledge & Leaning Resource Centres other initiative you can visit http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eempidlnc%2… http://www.empidlnc.org or directly contact to Kamal L Parsai , Faculty (IT), Head (Central Library) & Organizing Secretary EMPI Digital Library National Convention - 2007 Knowledge & Learning Resource Centre, Central Library , EMPI Business School , CSKM Educational Complex, Satbari, Chattarpur, New Delhi - 110074 Phone: 91-11-26652373/2375/4727/3764 Fax: 91-11-26654422, Mobile - 0-9818854716 Email: empidlnc2007(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eempidlnc%2… http://www.empidlnc.org Dear Professionals, It gives me immense pleasure to share with you our B-School Groups decade old library building efforts which have culminated in it being re-christened as EMPI Knowledge & Learning Resource Centre and identified as one of the best B-School Library in Delhi and NCR. Currently, in order to share our experience and further buildup on our effort, our Knowledge & Learning Resource Centre, Central Library, EMPI Business School, New Delhi has taken the initiatives to organize a National Convention on developing a Roadmap for Modernization of Library and Information Centres in the emerging Knowledge Era on 19th-20th March, 2007 at EMPI Business School and India International Centre, New Delhi. EMPI Knowledge & Learning Resource Centre invites Researchers, Information Professionals, Librarians, Business Leaders and Academics to join us for two days EMPI Digital Library National Convention - 2007 (EMPI DLNC - 2007). The conference is going to be held at New Delhi. For more information on EMPI DLNC 2007 and EMPI Knowledge & Leaning Resource Centres other initiative you can visit http://www.empidlnc.org or directly contact to Kamal L Parsai, Faculty (IT), Head (Central Library) & Organizing Secretary EMPI Digital Library National Convention - 2007 Knowledge & Learning Resource Centre, Central Library, EMPI Business School, CSKM Educational Complex, Satbari, Chattarpur, New Delhi - 110074 Phone: 91-11-26652373/2375/4727/3764 Fax: 91-11-26654422, Mobile - 0-9818854716 Email: empidlnc2007(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.empidlnc.org

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Interactive Health Tutorials (MedlinePlus)
by Thapar, Amit 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

Interactive Health Tutorials (MedlinePlus) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials.html "Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial." Requires the free downloadable Flash plug-in. Totorials cover a variety of Diseases and Conditions, Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, Surgery and Treatment Procedures, and Prevention/Wellness. Interactive Health Tutorials (MedlinePlus) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials.html "Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial." Requires the free downloadable Flash plug-in. Totorials cover a variety of Diseases and Conditions, Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, Surgery and Treatment Procedures, and Prevention/Wellness.

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Eve Gray on the Bangalore workshop on OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Friends: Here is what Eve Gray posted on her blog yesterday about the Bangalore workshop on Open Access. I have made minor corrections. Arun -------- South-South Alliances - the Bangalore workshop on Electronic Publishing and Open Access We met for our meals on a shaded terrace under palms and spreading tropical trees in the centre of the enormous campus of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and held our discussions in their senate room, distinguished home to many of India's leading scientists. Coming from India, China, Brazil and Africa, Germany, the UK and US, we were the guests of the Indian Academy of Science, the IISC and the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and had met to discuss South-South relationships in the development of Open Access research dissemination. The workshop was an important further step in a growing movement of South-South alliances. What emerged most strongly at the Africa-centred conference in Leiden a few months ago was the question, 'Whose knowledge, for what purpose for whom?' The issue there was the tendency for development rhetoric to focus on the supply of knowledge to the developing world rather than the production of knowledge in and from the African continent. This time, in India, the assertion of the rights of developing nations went a step further. Right at the beginning of the workshop, in one of the introductory addresses, Prof N Balakrishnan, the Associate Director of the Indian Institute of Science, said, 'What we need to do is change the developing country rhetoric to a world perspective.' Put another way when I emailed Gordon Graham, of the LOGOS journal, one of the wisest people I know from the publishing industry, he wrote back, 'Do tell me more about the workshop. What a combination. India, China, Brazil and Africa constitute about two thirds of humanity.' They are both right what this workshop reminded us is that we in the developing world are the norm - with all our challenges - not the privileged and powerful who call the shots in scholarly publishing. Alma Swan raised the same issue in another way, echoing something that was said in Leiden: that we have a problem with the common expression of the international/local dichotomy. Why should developing country issues be considered 'local' when these apply to the greater proportion of the global population, while , for example, we bow down to the 'international' status of the comparatively narrowly-focused ISI indexed journals? Lawrence Liang, of the Alternative Law Forum in Bangalore, gave us the message in another way. In a typically virtuoso and mind-stretching keynote address, in which he charted different meanings of ownership, in different languages and cultures. He invited us to resist a property discourse that conflates property rights with academic rights and turns the collegiality of academe into the hierarchy of property. In that world, he said, those who have most freedom are those who own the most IP. Property in the English sense, he said, the conflation of 'self' and 'own' resting on exclusion, is something not common to other languages. In Hindi, apnapen is not a matter of owning, or property , but of closeness. Ownership in this sense has the obligation of care and the opposite of care is brutality, like the 'war' on piracy that is currently being waged passport control in a borderless world, Liang argued. Its insistence on the importance of a developing world view has led India to be an early and successful adopter of Open Access. The Indian Academy of Sciences publishes 11 OA journals and, strikingly from my point of view as a publisher, Prof Chandrasekran, the Secretary of the IASc, said that whenever the IASc works with international partners, it insists that this must be on its own terms, in ways suitable to the situation in the developing world. There is a lesson to be learned here by those struggling African journal editors who hand over their journals to UK publishers in the name of 'viability', all too often landing up unable to afford to buy back their own output. The general tone of the contributions and discussions at the workshop was pragmatic, echoing Subbiah Arunachalam's plea at the start of the workshop that we move from words to action in developing South-South collaboration. Barbara Kirsop and Alma Swan both gave admirably clear expositions of the advantages of OA for developing countries, speeding up the solution of global problems, avoiding expensive duplication, increasing impact factors and providing greater visibility for national research. With preprint archiving, the impact of journal articles can begin even before the publication date of the article. Muthu Madhan of NIT in Rourkela gave quietly impressive practical advice on how to swing an organisation round to mandating OA archiving. Medknow, the Indian OA medical publisher goes from strength to strength, now publishing 40 journals all of them Open Access, none of them dependent on author fees, said DK Sahu, the MD of the company. He took us through an impressive account of the increased impact factors, the wider range of author submissions, the expanding global readership and the resultant improvements in quality, that come from making developing world journals OA. In this way, he argued, small local journals are being turned into international journals. Moreover this has come, in Medknow, without loss of print subscriptions, which remain the main revenue source for OA journals. In Latin America, SciELO , too, came early to Open Access. Abel Packer stressed the ways in which this collaborative effort across Latin America and the Caribbean is moving journals from the status of local and regional towards the international flow of scientific information. It creaties scalability by publishing collections rather than individual journals and takes care to maximise the exposure of all articles through search engines and databases. SciELO, said Packer, is among the ten most clicked searches in Google Scholar. There are 360 journals currently certified by SciELO and another 64 that should be added soon. The success of SciELO depends on its independence the main institution in each country is the science council, so that is is not directly involved with any university or individual journal. The cost efficiencies from the $1 million invested every year are also impressive at about $100 per article per year and 3.7 cents per download for the 27 million articles that are downloaded every year. In an interesting insight into the ways in which Chinese scholarly publishing is working, Prof Zu Guang'an, the Head of the Department of Publication at the National Science Foundation of China revealed that most journals were government supported, something that influences the journals' ability to choose its publication mode. There are 143 OA journals with the NSFC publishing four broad-based journals in Chinese and English and supporting and funding another 30. Most Chinese journals, he said, were not covered by any database and there is a small market at the moment for Chinese scientific journals outside of China. Amit Kapoor of Topaz also stressed the importance of developing countries even in his very high-tech environment. Topaz needs increased international participation, he said, getting other communities and developers involved. It is difficult to deal in change, however, he argued, as there are established communities out there, creating push-back. Developing countries provide greater potential for expanding new ideas. And, he said, rounding things off nicely, they are only about 80% of the world population. Against this background, African efforts seem fragmented and decentralised. As Susan Veldsman put it, after her account of the work that EIFL is doing in southern Africa, few repositories are actually up and running, most still in the incubation phase. The problems faced are lack of HR capacity, lack of government support, decentralised efforts and the need for strategic and not only operational efforts. My own paper, based on the work I have been doing for my OSI fellowship, looked at the consequences of publish and perish policies in South Africa in a context where government is, in contradiction of its scholarly publishing policy, looking for development impact from national research spending. Most of all, I have discovered a black hole in the policy documents where discussion of research publication and development impact ought to be. The most promising development is the South African Academy of Science report on scholarly publishing, commissioned by the Department of Science and Technology, that has come up with the proposal that the Academy take on the role of scholarly publishing coordination and quality control something that seems in line with SciElO's success, if we can pull it off. We could learn from the forward-thinking developments that we have heard about from India and Latin America. The African vice-chancellors meet in Cape Town next week to discuss ICTs in higher education. It will be interesting to see where this leads. Papers from the Bangalore workshop are online on www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/OAworkshop2006/presentations.htm [Posted by Eve Gray ( Open Access, Brazil, Scholarly publishing, South Africa, Journals, India )] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Adobe offers hosted document management
by Farooque Shaheen 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Adobe is to offer an online service called Adobe Document Center than enables users to store PDF, Word and Excel documents online and selectively share them with others. Furthermore, you can grant and revoke access to the documents at will. The files are security-locked, and the people you want to access them must first have downloaded either Adobe Reader 8 for PDF files or a 'lightweight' plug-in for Word and Excel. After you have revoked access rights, the plug-ins will prevent the opening of documents even those they have downloaded. http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=5106 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India (P) Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 Adobe is to offer an online service called Adobe Document Center than enables users to store PDF, Word and Excel documents online and selectively share them with others. Furthermore, you can grant and revoke access to the documents at will. The files are security-locked, and the people you want to access them must first have downloaded either Adobe Reader 8 for PDF files or a 'lightweight' plug-in for Word and Excel. After you have revoked access rights, the plug-ins will prevent the opening of documents even those they have downloaded. http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=5106 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India (P) Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Invitation of Papers for an edited book titled "MANAGING INFORMATION IN NEW MILLENIUM:OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS"
by Ashok Sahu 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Invitation for submission of Papers: Papers on information management are invited for an edited book entitled, " MANAGING INFORMATION IN NEW MILLENNIUM:OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS" The editor for the book would be Ashok Kumar Sahu. This book would be published by Kanishka Publisher, New Delhi or IIMT-Gurgaon. Significance of the work: The Information Communication Technology (ICT) revolution in the last decade has had a drastic and far-reaching impact on all aspects of professional endeavour particularly in the knowledge and information sector. By the late 1990's when information was regularly disseminated across computers and other electronic devices, information managers found themselves tasked with increasingly complex devices. With the latest tools available, information management has become a powerful resource for organizations.. Information Management (IM) is characterised by the phrase 'Getting the right information to the right person at the right place at the right time'. Present society is moved to knowledge-based society for which information is the primary importance. Information is the key resource of productivity and growth of any orgainization. In this changing context, library professionals are facing lot of challenges to capture, process, store, and disseminate the information for society. Information Management (IM) is a crucial job for the library professionals in the new era. This book helps to library professionals to better understand how to manage the information in 21st century. The book would be a valuable resource for the librarians, academics and professionals involved with managing information. It would also be immensely useful for students pursuing master degrees and doctoral work in the area of information management. Possible areas for submission: You could submit your papers on following areas: Information and Society a.. History -Information & Data b.. Role of Information in 21st Century c.. Importance & Impact of Information on Society Information Management a.. Knowledge Management b.. Marketing of Information Product/Services c.. Total Quality Management as applied to libraries d.. Strategic Planning on Information Management Digital Library & Information a.. Information Communication Technology b.. Digital Library-Concept, Model & Architecture c.. Digital Information Management d.. Metadata & Dublin Core Standards e.. Content Creation ,Organization,& Management f.. Digital Information Storage and Retrieval g.. Library Security-RFID, Barcode etc. Electronic Information Resources a.. Internet b.. E-Books & e-journals c.. Online / CD-ROM databases d.. Preservation of Electronic resources e.. Consortia of E-Journals, e-Books, & Online Databases f.. Intellectual Property Right (IPR) g.. Resource Sharing & Collaboration Future Trends a.. Librarian vs Information Manager b.. Fourth Generation Library c.. Virtual Library d.. Hi-Tech Library Format : The articles may be in the form of empirical research, theoretical models based on extensive research, case studies, and documentation of best practices. Papers are invited both from library professionals and academicians. The articles must be about 10 -15 pages , Times New Roman format, 11 font size, single line spacing. Appropriate referencing must be used wherever possible. It must also be accompanied by about 50-100 words abstract. The authors name and the article title must be indicated on page 1. The article must be accompanied by a small biography of contributing authors giving details on designation and current institutional affiliation. Submissions: Submissions must be made online. Submissions should be made to Ashok Kumar Sahu at the following email address aksahu(a)iimtobu.ac.in Deadlines: Submission of the papers: January 31st , 2007 Feedback on papers : March 1st , 2007 About the Authors Mr.Ashok Kumar Sahu is M.Phil in Library & Inf. Science from Allagapa University, Karaikudi and Master in Library and Information Science from Berhampur University. He is pursuing Ph.D. at Berhampur University, Orissa. He is currently Librarian at IIMT-Oxford Brookes University, Gurgaon. He has 12 years of professional experience in various libraries. He has contributed 5 papers in national/ international journals and conferences. He is the life member of ILA & MANLIBNET. His areas of interests are Library Administration, Information Management, Library Computerization, and Digital Library Ashok Kumar Sahu Librarian Institute for International Management & Technology 336, Phase-IV, Udyog Vihar Gurgaon, Haryana-122001 Phone:0124-2397783 Mobile:9313620271 Email: aksahu(a)iimtobu.ac.in

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Types of Questionnaires
by thippeswamy 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Dear All, I have been looking for different types of questionnaires for our staff, who has an assignment to do. Could anybody help me to find where or can send me the soft/hard copies of it. Will be very grateful if you could let me know. Thippeswamy K Librarian Srishti School of Art, Design & Tech. Yelahanka New Town Bangalore 64 Dear All, I have been looking for different types of questionnaires for our staff, who has an assignment to do. Could anybody help me to find where or can send me the soft/hard copies of it. Will be very grateful if you could let me know. Thippeswamy K Librarian Srishti School of Art, Design & Tech. Yelahanka New Town Bangalore 64 http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Books on " Franchising"
by vimal kumar 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

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National Library Week Celebration Special Lecture - 17th November
by rupesh kumar 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Bangalore University Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore 560 056 And Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Cordially invite you to a special lecture on "Library and Information Science Education, Research and Library Automation in Germany" By Prof. Achim Osswald University of Applied Science Institute for Information Science Clandiusstr. 1, 560678 - o - Dr. T.D. Kemparaju Professor & Chairman Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University will preside ======================================================= Date: 17th November 2006 Time: 11-30 AM ======================================================= Venue Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Hall Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University ======================================================= Compliments from Staff & Students ======================================================= Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Don't quit your job - take classes online and earn your degree in 1 year. Start Today Bangalore University Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore 560 056 And Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Cordially invite you to a special lecture on "Library and Information Science Education, Research and Library Automation in Germany" By Prof. Achim Osswald University of Applied Science Institute for Information Science Clandiusstr. 1, 560678 - o - Dr. T.D. Kemparaju Professor & Chairman Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University will preside ======================================================= Date: 17th November 2006 Time: 11-30 AM ======================================================= Venue Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Hall Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University ======================================================= Compliments from Staff & Students ======================================================= Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com Sponsored Link http://www.classesusa.com/clickcount.cfm?id=607556&goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cl… Don't quit your job - take classes online and http://www.classesusa.com/clickcount.cfm?id=607556&goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cl… earn your degree in 1 year. Start Today

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EU emphasises open access (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:55:21 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Interview: 'Open access key condition for EU research infrastructures' Published: Friday 20 October 2006 | Updated: Monday 23 October 2006 Any country is free to join the European research infrastructure projects and any scientist can access them, once they are operational. The perfect incentive for "foreign brains" to come to Europe, says John Wood in an interview with EurActiv.com. Dor details, visit: http://www.euractiv.com/en/science/interview-open-access-key-condition-eu-r…

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Need Information
by M. Anisur Rahman 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Dear Members: My Paper "Digital divide in developing countries:with special reference to Bangladesh" has been accepted in the 9th International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2006) for Presentation. The Conference will be held in KYOTO University, JAPAN on 27-30 Nov. *It will be a good news for me if I could be informed about any member of this group staying in KYOTO.* If any members knows any organizations / Institutions, who provides TRAVEL GRANTS for attending conference, Please let me know. Best wishes. Md. Anisur Rahman Lecturer (Part-time) Post graduate Diploma Program in Library and Information Science Darul Ihsan University House # 9/B, Road # 2 Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka 1209 Bangladesh Fax:+(880-2) 9341044 Email: anisdacca(a)gmail.com Dear Members: My Paper "Digital divide in developing countries:with special reference to Bangladesh" has been accepted in the 9th International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2006) for Presentation. The Conference will be held in KYOTO University, JAPAN on 27-30 Nov. It will be a good news for me if I could be informed about any member of this group staying in KYOTO. If any members knows any organizations / Institutions, who provides TRAVEL GRANTS for attending conference, Please let me know. Best wishes. Md. Anisur Rahman Lecturer (Part-time) Post graduate Diploma Program in Library and Information Science Darul Ihsan University House # 9/B, Road # 2 Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka 1209 Bangladesh Fax:+(880-2) 9341044 Email: mailto:anisdacca@gmail.com anisdacca(a)gmail.com

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IATLIS 2006 Inaugural Ceremony Invitation
by Jagtar Singh 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Dear Colleagues, Please plan your journey according to the details given below about the Inagural Ceremony of the IATLIS 2006. We are eagerly klooking forward to see you in Patiala. All the best, Jagtar DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA Cordially invites you to the Inaugural Session of the XXIII National Conference of IATLIS on the theme *'Building Curriculum with a Difference: * *A Vision for LIS Education in the 21st Century'* on *23rd November 2006** at **11:30 a.m.** * in the *Senate Hall* of Punjabi University, Patiala Prof. R. A. Yadav Vice-Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) would be the *Chief Guest * *Prof. Shudendu Mandal*, Director, National Library of India & *Prof. Ismail Abdullahi*, North Carolina Central University (USA) would be the *Guests of Honour* *Sardar Swarn Singh Boparai, *Kirti Chakra, Padma Shri awardee** Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, shall *preside* over the function. Dr. Trishanjit Kaur Dr. Jagtar Singh Head of Department Organizing Secretary Cell phone: 098551 87461 Cell phone: 098554 44785 0175-3046179 (Work) 0175-3046180 (Work) *Programme Overleaf* * * Programme 11:30 a.m. University Dhuni 11:35 a.m. Welcome: Prof. Jagtar Singh, Organizing Secretary IATLIS 2006 11: 45 a.m. Address by Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa , President IATLIS 11:55 p.m. About the Seminar by Prof. Indervir Malhan, Seminar Director 12: 05 p.m. * *Inaugural Address: Prof. R.A. Yadav, Vice-Chairman, AICTE 12: 15 p.m. Keynote Address: Dr. M. P. Satija, Prof. & Head, DLIS, GNDU, Amritsar 12:30 p.m. Presidential Address: S. Swarn Singh Boparai, Vice-Chancellor 12:40 p.m. Presentation of Mementos/ University Publications 12.50 p.m. Vote of Thanks: Dr. B. D. Kumbar, General Secretary IATLIS Dear Colleagues, Please plan your journey according to the details given below about the Inagural Ceremony of the IATLIS 2006. We are eagerly klooking forward to see you in Patiala. All the best, Jagtar DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA Cordially invites you to the Inaugural Session of the XXIII National Conference of IATLIS on the theme 'Building Curriculum with a Difference: A Vision for LIS Education in the 21 st Century' on 23 rd November 2006 at 11:30 a.m. in the Senate Hall of Punjabi University, Patiala Prof. R. A. Yadav Vice-Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) would be the Chief Guest Prof. Shudendu Mandal , Director, National Library of India & Prof. Ismail Abdullahi , North Carolina Central University (USA) would be the Guests of Honour Sardar Swarn Singh Boparai, Kirti Chakra, Padma Shri awardee Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, shall preside over the function. Dr. Trishanjit Kaur Dr. Jagtar Singh Head of Department Organizing Secretary Cell phone: 098551 87461 Cell phone: 098554 44785 0175-3046179 (Work) 0175-3046180 (Work) Programme Overleaf Programme 11:30 a.m. University Dhuni 11:35 a.m. Welcome: Prof. Jagtar Singh, Organizing Secretary IATLIS 2006 11: 45 a.m. Address by Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa , President IATLIS 11:55 p.m. About the Seminar by Prof. Indervir Malhan, Seminar Director 12: 05 p.m. Inaugural Address : Prof. R.A. Yadav, Vice-Chairman, AICTE 12: 15 p.m. Keynote Address : Dr. M. P. Satija, Prof. & Head, DLIS, GNDU, Amritsar 12:30 p.m. Presidential Address : S. Swarn Singh Boparai, Vice-Chancellor 12:40 p.m. Presentation of Mementos/ University Publications 12.50 p.m. Vote of Thanks: Dr. B. D. Kumbar, General Secretary IATLIS

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ICSD-2007: Early Bird Registration
by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Apologies if you received multiple copies of this message. ********************************************* ********** ICSD-2007 Call For Participation Early Bird Registration Deadline: January 01, 2007 ********** ********************************************* INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMANTIC WEB & DIGITAL LIBRARIES February 21-23, 2007 (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd) Bangalore, India Documentation Research & Training Centre invites international researchers, information professionals, Librarians, business leaders and academics to sign up for three days of stimulating discussions on the latest results in research and applications of Semantic Web Technologies and Digital Libraries. Sessions include keynote lectures, workshops and tutorials that focus on innovative research areas and applications such as Knowledge Organization and Ontologies, Semantic Web Services, Tools and Techniques for managing digital repositories, Digital Resource Management strategies, and many more. The conference is going to be held at Bangalore, the IT city of India. INVITED SPEAKERS and TUTORIAL RESOURCE PERSONS (Confirmed so far) * Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead * Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, Italy * Prof. Peter Schirmbacher, Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft, University of Humboldt, Berlin, Germany * Anupriya Ankolekar, Research Associate, AIFB Institute, University of Karlsruhe, Germany * Prof. Frederick Friend, JISC Scholarly Communication Consultant, Honorary Director Scholarly Communication UCL, England REGISTRATION Participants who register on or before January 01, 2007 can benefit from early bird special prices. Early Bird registration: Till January 01, 2007. Early Bird registration fees: Rs. 4000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates); $US 150 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC) Late Registration: January 02, 2007 onwards * Rs. 5000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates); * USD 175 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC) Tutorial * Rs.1000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates); * USD 40 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC) Note: Registration Fee includes conference kit, tea/coffee and working lunch +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Registration form is available for download at http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd/icsd-files/icsd_registration_form.doc Kindly post the filled-in registration forms to the address below: Dr. A.R.D. Prasad Convenor, ICSD 2007 DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore, Karnataka (India) Pin - 560059 Electronic copy of registration form duly filled and signed can be sent to icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in, but official copy should also be sent by regular mail. Please note: The Demand Draft (DD) Should be made in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, payable at Bangalore. Outstation cheques should include additional transaction fee. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Dr. A.R.D. Prasad Convenor, ICSD-2007 DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore INDIA

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Free site for book downloading
by library 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Dear Friends This is the site where you all can download free books. http://www.4shared.com/ With regards Anil Phadke Librarian AICAR Business School Village - Damat, Neral - Tal. Karjat, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra Pin :- 410101 www.aicar.net Tel. No.: (02148) 236714 - 19 Ext. 232 Fax:- (02148) 236713 M:- 9850803203 Dear Friends This is the site where you all can download free books. http://www.4shared.com/ http://www.4shared.com/ With regards Anil Phadke Librarian AICAR Business School Village - Damat, Neral - Tal. Karjat, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra Pin :- 410101 http://www.aicar.net www.aicar.net Tel. No.: (02148) 236714 - 19 Ext. 232 Fax:- (02148) 236713 M:- 9850803203

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KALA-NLW-Program on 16th.
by I.R.N.Goudar 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

REMINDER Dear Professionals, I invite you all for National Library Week Celebrations on 16th November 2006 Karnataka State Library Association (R ) IN COLLABORATION WITH PES Group of Institutions ---------------------- Speake -1: Dr. C.V. Satyaprakasha Principal, PES College of Education Topic: Role of Libraries in Quality Education Speaker -2: Dr. Vishnukant S. Chatpalli Director, Community Development Programmes PES Institute of Technology Topic: Community Development through Libraries Presided by: Prof M.R. Doreswamy Founder Chairman, PES Group Institutions Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall PESIT,100 Feet Ring Road Bangalore -560085 Time: 3.30 PM Organizer: Mrs. Gayathri Sen, Librarian, PESIT ------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar President KALA, Office Bearers and EC Members of KALA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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KALA:NLW Celebrations at Universities
by I.R.N.Goudar 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Dear Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association Celebrates National Library Week at Universities in Karnataka in Collaboration with Kuvempu University, University of Mysore & MyLISA, Karnatak University and Mangalore University YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED ------------------------------ 15 November 2006, Wednesday Kuvempu University Speaker: Prof. T.N. Shankar Narayan Director, School of Languages Kuvempu University, Shimoga Topic: Role of Libraries in Higher Education Presided by: Dr. B.S. Biradar Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University, Shimoga Venue: Department of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University,Shimoga Time: 2.30 pm ----------------------------------------- 16 November 2006 University of Mysore Speaker: Prof. Lingadevaru Halemane, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore Topic: "Books can speak" Venue: Vidyanidhi Hall, DLIS, University of Mysore, ManasaGangotri, Mysore Time: 4.00 PM ---------------------------------------- 17 Nov 2006 Friday Karnatak University Speaker: Prof. .C.R.Karisiddappa Dean Faculty of Social Sciences Chairman Dept of Library and Information Sciences Karnatak University, Dharward Topic : Information Literacy for Sustainable Development Presided by: Dr. S.L.Samgam Professor, Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad Venue: Department of Library Science, KUD Time: 11.30 A.M ---------------------------------- 18 November 2006 Mangalore University Speaker: Sri D. Manjaiah Chairman, Department of Computer Science Mangalore University Topic: Internet Technology and Web Programming Venue: Old Senate Hall, Faculty Building Mangalore University, Mangalogangothri Time: 3.30 PM -------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar, President KALA, Office Bearers and EC Members KALA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Online Subscription of Indian Magazines - Information Required
by Bhaskarabhatla Suryanarayana Sastry 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Dear Professionals, A very good morning to everybody. I am working as a Library Assistant in IIIT ( International Institute of Information Technology ), Hyderabad. As we are subscribing almost all popular Indian and Foreign Magazines, now we are planning to go for an online subscription for above mentioned Indian Magazines also like India Today, The Week, Outlook etc. So, if anybody have an idea regarding the vendors who will provide the service like the INDEST etc. who are engaged in providing Technical & Engineering Related Journals., please let me know the details. We are also the member of INDEST Consortia. Regards Suryanarayana Sastry BH Library Assistant, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500 032 PH: 040-23001973 Ext.306 Mobile: +9199490 97484 __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/  � Dear�Professionals, � A very good morning to everybody. I am working as a Library Assistant in IIIT ( International Institute of Information Technology ),�Hyderabad.�As we are subscribing almost all popular Indian and Foreign Magazines, now we are planning to go for�an online subscription for above mentioned Indian Magazines also like India Today, The Week, Outlook etc.� � So, if anybody�have an idea regarding the vendors�who will provide�the service like the INDEST etc.�who are engaged in providing Technical & Engineering Related Journals., please let me know the details. � We are also the member of INDEST Consortia. � Regards � Suryanarayana Sastry BH Library Assistant, International Institute of Information Technology� (IIIT), Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500 032 PH: 040-23001973 Ext.306 Mobile: +9199490 97484 Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Internet Timeline
by Swapan Patra 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Hobbes' Internet Timeline is available over the Internet for anyone to access. Librarians can be benefitted by the available data on it for making presentations, preparation of reports, projects and so on, with the following link: http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/#2000s Another article worth reading "The origin of the Internet and Hypertext " by By Jon Jackson<http://www.htmlgoodies.com/feedback.php/http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/r…> http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/reference/article.php/3639741 Swapan kumar Patra Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hobbes' Internet Timeline is available over the Internet for anyone to access. Librarians can be benefitted by the available data on it for making presentations, preparation of reports, projects and so on, with the following link: http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/#2000s http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/#2000s Another article worth reading "The origin of the Internet and Hypertext " by By http://www.htmlgoodies.com/feedback.php/http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/r… Jon Jackson http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/reference/article.php/3639741 http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/reference/article.php/3639741 Swapan kumar Patra Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

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National Library Week Celebration Special Lecture
by rupesh kumar 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

======================================================= Mangalore University Department of Library and Information Science And Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Special Lecture on the occasion of National Library Week Celebration Topic Internet Technology and Web Programming By Sri D. Manjaiah Chairman, Department of Computer Science Mangalore University On 18th November 2006 at 3-30 pm Venue: Old Senate Hall, Faculty Building Mangalore University, Mangalogangothri ======================================================= "ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED" ======================================================= Prof. T.D. Kemparaju Dr.D. Shivalingaiah Secretary Professor & Chairman KALA Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University ======================================================= Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Degrees for working adults in as fast as 1 year. Bachelors, Masters, Associates. Top schools ======================================================= Mangalore University Department of Library and Information Science And Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Special Lecture on the occasion of National Library Week Celebration Topic Internet Technology and Web Programming By Sri D. Manjaiah Chairman, Department of Computer Science Mangalore University On 18th November 2006 at 3-30 pm Venue: Old Senate Hall, Faculty Building Mangalore University, Mangalogangothri ======================================================= "ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED" ======================================================= Prof. T.D. Kemparaju Dr.D. Shivalingaiah Secretary Professor & Chairman KALA Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University ======================================================= Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com Sponsored Link http://forms.nextag.com/goto.jsp?url=/serv/main/buyer/education.jsp?doSearc… Degrees for working adults in as fast as 1 year. Bachelors, Masters, Associates. Top schools

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Celebration of library week reg:-
by librarian＠gitam.edu 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Dear moderator Please publish this information in the LIS Forum CELEBRATION OF LIBRARY WEEK IN INDIA Ayyanki Venkata Ramanaiah, secretary Andhra Pradesh Libray Association organised an All India Library Meeting in the year 1912 november 12th in Madras. This meeting lead to the forming of Indian Library Association. Later ILA gave prominance to the 12th November meeting and declared 14th November as National Library Day. Since 1968 14th-20th November will be celebtrated as National Library Week all over India. This was also the Birth day of our former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru so much importance attributed to this date. Every year 14th -20th November will celebrated as National Library week and various programs are organised to let the public know about the libraries. Sorce:B.L.I.Sc Grandhalaya samachara sasthralu: Help book by Pathuri Vijaya Kumar DR.K.Satyanarayana Librarian Knowledge Resource Centre GITAM Visakhapatnam

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MyLISA Speical Lecture
by SUNIL M.V. 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Dear Friends, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Cordially invites you for the special lecture in Kannada on Pusthakagalu Mathanaduthave (BOOKS SPEAKS) BY Dr. Lingadevaru Hallemane Professor, Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore ON 16th November 2006 at 4.30pm AT Vidhyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore MyLISA, DOSLIS, UOM KALA --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. Dear Friends, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Cordially invites you for the special lecture in Kannada on Pusthakagalu Mathanaduthave (BOOKS SPEAKS) BY Dr. Lingadevaru Hallemane Professor, Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore ON 16th November 2006 at 4.30pm AT Vidhyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore MyLISA, DOSLIS, UOM KALA Access over 1 million songs - http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

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First journal published by MIT Press
by dibya pradhan 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Dear Professional Information Technologies and International Development: ITID (http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/itid) has become the first journal published by The MIT Press to participate in the open access initiative. Now you can retrieve peer-reviewed full text PDF articles from the journals website, free of charge. (http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/itid) Dibya Kishor Pradhan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Rourkela Dear Professional Information Technologies and International Development: ITID (http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/itid) has become the first journal published by The MIT Press to participate in the open access initiative. Now you can retrieve peer-reviewed full text PDF articles from the journals website, free of charge. (http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/itid) Dibya Kishor Pradhan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Rourkela http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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UTHA Digital News Papers ( Manjax4u )
by Manju manju 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah was awarded a Library Services and Technology (LSTA) grant to research and demonstrate a newspaper digitization project. The Library succesfully digitized three weekly Utah newspapers for a total of 30,000 pages and developed an effective process that resulted in a second LSTA grant in 2003. That grant application was led by the Utah Academic Library Consortium and digitized another 106,000 pages and 17 new titles. The digitized newspapers in this website may be browsed by issue or searched by keywords, article titles, weddings, deaths, and births. http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews/ MANJUNATHA P. S (manjax4u)

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MyDLIS, MyLISA, and KALA - Library Week Celebrations
by N.S. Harinarayana 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Celebration of Library Week As one of the activities during the library week, Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore (MyDLIS); Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA); and Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) have jointly organised the following talk: Speaker: Prof. Lingadevaru Halemane, CIIL, Mysore Topic: "Books can speak" Venue: Vidyanidhi Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangotri, Mysore Date: November 16, 2006 Time: 4.00 PM -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 Celebration of Library Week As one of the activities during the library week, Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore (MyDLIS); Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA); and Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) have jointly organised the following talk: Speaker: Prof. Lingadevaru Halemane, CIIL, Mysore Topic: "Books can speak" Venue: Vidyanidhi Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangotri, Mysore Date: November 16, 2006 Time: 4.00 PM -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393

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Video: "Digital libraries for the Blind" : Universally Accessible for All of Humanity
by Mallikarjuna, H.B 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Video: "Digital libraries for the Blind" : Universally Accessible for All of Humanity Video URL :http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7423822399040727959&q=digital+libraries Small url: http://tinyurl.com/yxqfcq ABSTRACT: "A technology entrepreneur and engineer, Jim Fruchterman has been a rocket scientist, founded two of the foremost optical characteoptical character recognition companies, and developed a successful line of reading machines for the blind. He is now a leading social entrepreneur through his deliberately nonprofit technology company, Benetech. Benetech concentrates on applying technology to human rights, literacy for people with disabilities and the environment. Jim likes bridging the technical world to the parts of humanity that have never heard of Foo Camp Google serves a minority of humanity reasonably well today. How is Google going to fulfill its mission to deliver the world's information usefully and universally? Character recognition and accessibility pioneer Jim Fruchterman presents his quest to make information accessible to the long tail of humanity (which stillincludes most of the "bulge!" From inventing omnifont character recognition and affordable reading machines for the blind to creating accessible digital libraries for the blind and using technology to teach literacy to people who have fallen through society's cracks, Jim will cover the technical and practical challenges to reaching all of humanity with accessible information." -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Indian Libraries and Librarians search engine :http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Video: "Digital libraries for the Blind" : Universally Accessible for All of Humanity Video URL http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7423822399040727959&q=digital+libra… :http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7423822399040727959&q=digital+libraries Small url: http://tinyurl.com/yxqfcq ABSTRACT: "A technology entrepreneur and engineer, Jim Fruchterman has been a rocket scientist, founded two of the foremost optical characte optical character recognition companies, and developed a successful line of reading machines for the blind. He is now a leading social entrepreneur through his deliberately nonprofit technology company, Benetech. Benetech concentrates on applying technology to human rights, literacy for people with disabilities and the environment. Jim likes bridging the technical world to the parts of humanity that have never heard of Foo Camp Google serves a minority of humanity reasonably well today. How is Google going to fulfill its mission to deliver the world's information usefully and universally? Character recognition and accessibility pioneer Jim Fruchterman presents his quest to make information accessible to the long tail of humanity (which stillincludes most of the "bulge!" From inventing omnifont character recognition and affordable reading machines for the blind to creating accessible digital libraries for the blind and using technology to teach literacy to people who have fallen through society's cracks, Jim will cover the technical and practical challenges to reaching all of humanity with accessible information." -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Indian Libraries and Librarians search engine :http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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